Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwīlō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxʷiː.lɔː/

Noun

*hwīlō f

time, period of time, while
period of rest, break, pause

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *hwīlō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hwīlō	*hwīlôz
vocative	*hwīlō	*hwīlôz
accusative	*hwīlǭ	*hwīlōz
genitive	*hwīlōz	*hwīlǫ̂
dative	*hwīlōi	*hwīlōmaz
instrumental	*hwīlō	*hwīlōmiz

Derived terms

*hwīlāną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hwīlu
- Old English: hwīl, huīl
  - Middle English: whyle, while, hwile, qhyle, wile
    - English: while
    - Scots: while
    - Yola: while
- Old Frisian: hwīle
  - West Frisian: wile
- Old Saxon: hwīla
  - German Low German: Wiel
- Old Dutch: wīla
  - Middle Dutch: wile
    - Dutch: wijl
    - Limburgish: wiel
- Old High German: wīla
  - Middle High German: wīle
    - Bavarian: Wäu, Wei, Weil
    - Cimbrian: baille, baila (Luserna)
    - German: Weile
    - → Old Czech: chvíle, chvíľe (alternative writing)
      - Czech: chvíle
    - → Old Polish: chwila (“moment”), fila
      - Masurian: sila
      - Polish: chwila, chfila (Middle Polish)
        → Belarusian: хві́ля (xvílja)
        → Kashubian: chwila
        → Ukrainian: хви́ля (xvýlja)
      - Silesian: chwila
    - Yiddish: ווײַלע (vayle)
  - → Slovak: chvíľa (“moment”)
Old Norse: hvíla
- Icelandic: hvíla
- Faroese: hvíla
- Old Swedish: hvīla
  - Swedish: vila
  - → Finnish: huilata
- Danish: hvile
  - Norwegian Bokmål: hvile
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvila
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: kvile
Gothic: 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila)